India - Medical and Health Care Internship

This was such a wonderful immersion process that gave me such wonderful insight to the culture and medical practices abroad. It gave me a chance to have hands on experience that I'd never get in...
Victoria

Location

India: Palampur

Program Summary

This program offers medical internships and volunteer projects in Palampur for Pre-Med, Medical, and Nursing students. Volunteers will have the opportunity to assist medical professionals and gain hands-on medical experience and exposure in their field of study.

Program Summary

This program offers medical internships and volunteer projects in Palampur for Pre-Med, Medical, and Nursing students. Volunteers will have the opportunity to assist medical professionals and gain hands-on medical experience and exposure in their field of study.

Program Highlights

An intern in a medical project, volunteers help the medical professionals in their daily work and activities. Responsibilities and duties will vary in relation to an individual's level of experience. Daily work (5 hours per day, 5 days/week). However these hours may vary according to the volume of patients visiting the clinic or the location of the hospital.

As an intern of a medical project, duties and responsibilities will include:

- Observe and assist in day to day tasks
- Treating patients
- Hands on work and allocation of tasks according to an individual's level of experience and skills

Placements for volunteers are located in hospitals, clinics, medical colleges and community clinics.

This was such a wonderful immersion process that gave me such wonderful insight to the culture and medical practices abroad. It gave me a chance to have hands on experience that I'd never get in the U.S. and helped me to become a better global citizen!